North Dakota novels book 4 · 1994
The Bingo Palace
Lipsha Morrissey returns to the reservation and falls for Shawnee Ray Toose, while his uncle Lyman Lamartine plans a bingo palace on sacred land.
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Book facts
- Author
- Louise Erdrich
- Series
- North Dakota novels, book 4 of 11
- Published
- 1994
- Setting
- Set in the fictional Argus, North Dakota
- Characters charted
- 7
- Chart confidence
- High
Who is in The Bingo Palace
7 recurring or key characters from Louise Erdrich’s chart.
Lead 1
- Lipsha MorrisseyJune's son, who has the touch
Major 2
- Fleur PillagerPowerful, feared Ojibwe woman
- Lulu LamartineFleur's daughter, mother of many sons
Minor and cameo 4
- NanapushOjibwe elder, trickster and storyteller
- Marie KashpawMatriarch of the Kashpaw family
- June MorrisseyWoman whose death opens Love Medicine
- Gerry NanapushLulu's son, an escaped prisoner
Also featuring these characters
Other Louise Erdrich books that share the most characters with The Bingo Palace.
- Love Medicine1984 · North Dakota novels · 5 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse2001 · North Dakota novels · 3 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Four Souls2004 · North Dakota novels · 3 shared charactersBuy on Amazon